Celtic Cross, silver, gold-plated

The Celtic art emerged under the influence of Etruscan and Scythian elements along the mountain range from the Marne area to Bohemia in the 5th century B.C.
v. Chr. entlang der Mittelgebirge vom Marnegebiet bis nach Böhmen.

The burial finds indicated that the products of Celtic art creations were usually sophisticated handcrafts and had different regional characteristics. In the Middle Rhine region and in Central Franconia plant motifs predominated while in Eastern Bavaria and in Austria abstract geometric patterns prevailed.

The Celtic art in England fell increasingly under the Roman influence towards the end of the 1st century B.C, while in Ireland the original culture of the Celts could assert itself until the first millennium A.D.